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PAMELA Bianca Manalo always looked up to her older sister.
From the moment she saw her sister, Katherine Anne Manalo, being crowned Ms. Philippines in 2002, then 15-year-old Pamela Bianca knew she wanted to follow her older sister’s footsteps.
"I said to myself, ‘someday I’m going to be a beauty queen as well,’" recalls Pamela Manalo to the Asian Journal.
Dreaming big paid off for the younger Manalo seven years later.
The Korean drama which introduced as to Vivian and Carlo and transformed Kitchie Nadal’s heartfelt ditty Wag na ‘Wag Mong Sasabihin into a "national anthem" back in 2004 gets a PInoy remake. Lovers in Paris, the Pinoy version brought to us by the ABS-CBN network, stars Piolo Pascual, one of today’s hottest dramatic actors, and KC Concepcion, who proves she has greater thespic skills to show than her charming poses and bright smiles that her commercial endorsements allow her to.
Before the show’s premiere last Sept. 28, speculations were rife of excess production costs and other production issues. Apparently, news of a remake of Lovers in Paris already made rounds in the Internet as early as March of this year, but it wasn’t until five months later when the show actually premiered because some scenes had to be redone and reshot. However, for many teleserye fans, these rumors only made the anticipation even greater.
FILIPINO film afficionados should brace themselves. The film festival which introduced us to a group of students having the time of their lives in Barcelona in The Spanish Apartment and a feuding couple in search of their true love in the upper-class suburbs in Sweden in Adam and Eva, took us to the drug-infested streets of Edinburgh, Scotland in Trainspotting and the shoddy barges in Glasgow, Scotland in Young Adam and gave us a glimpse of the harsh realities of everyday life in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia in Kolja and senseless killings in Rwanda in Shooting Dogs is now on its 12th year. Cine Europa officially opens on Sept. 11 at Shangri-la Plaza and will run until Sept. 20 with 18 European films—from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
It’s been said time and again that there are no small roles, only small actors. This is probably the adage that comedienne Eugene Domingo went by in her several years in show business. Eugene has had countless appearances in both TV shows and films playing supporting roles.
For some time in the minds of TV and movie audiences who have seen her and laughed at her antics, it seemed that she was set to get the supporting role for life. Most of the time, she has been the "token" best friend, like in last year’s blockbuster Ang Tanging Ina Ninyong Lahat (with Ai-Ai delas Alas) and the critically-acclaimed 100 (with Mylene Dizon). However, one thing is for sure: in all of these appearances, even with minimal screen time, Eugene always got noticed. With her perfect comedic timing and delivery, she managed to charm audiences and tickle their funny bones nonstop. Her thespic skills, which she no doubt honed during her stint with Dulaang UP at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, are so illustrious that she has often come close to stealing the thunder of her more well-known co-stars.
AND now, the new National Artists of the Philippines…
Fresh from her much anticipated State of the Nation Address (SONA), Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo named seven individuals who will receive the Order of the National Artists honors, the highest award bestowed by the state to those who have contributed greatly to the development of different fields of Philippine Art. Magnifi cent would be a perfect description for these seven—if not for the fl ak they have been receiving from all sides.
In a statement delivered by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, the President honored National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Executive Director Cecille Guidote Alvarez for theater; Manuel Urbano, also known as Manuel Conde, for fi lm and broadcast arts (posthumous); Lazaro Francisco, literature (posthumous); Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, visual arts, painting, sculpture and mixed media; Magno Jose Carlo Caparas, visual arts and fi lm; Francisco "Bobby" Mañoza, architecture; and Jose "Pitoy" Moreno, fashion design.
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